Culture Shock Block Party is a family friendly, all ages, genre defying, concert experience aimed at celebrating all of the wonderful cultures that make Pawtucket beautiful.

The former annual Rocktucket Music & Art Festival returns in a collaborative effort to combine with the Culture Shock Block Party for the 20th Anniversary of the Pawtucket Arts Festival. Joining with us on a third stage, will be a selection of folk and singer-songwriter performances on the newly named River Bend Stage.

"Bee" there for our family fun event and scavenger walk with crafts, food and prizes while learning about the wonders of a pollinators garden.

Join us at McCoy at the PawSox Food Truck and Craft Beer Festival on the field! There will be 20+ food trucks and 20+ craft beer breweries lined up along the warning track for fans to enjoy, with live music and various yard games.

The Pawtucket Arts Festival celebrates its 20th Year with Slater Park Fall Fest, Saturday September 8 - Sunday, September 9 at Slater Memorial Park. Join us for two days of ‘open air market’ of 100+ local artisans and crafters selling original, handmade items, food trucks, crafts, family-fun activities, music and dance performances, and the Pawtucket Teachers' Alliance presentation of the RI Philharmonic 'Pops in the Park' followed by fireworks on Saturday evening.

Aurea, an eclectic chamber ensemble exploring the relationship between music and the spoken word, presents Darwin At Sea, capturing one of the most probing and influential minds in modern history with writings and music of the era.

¡El festival de música principal del verano en Pawtucket!

The Pawtucket City Hall Art Gallery is used to display diverse visual art produced by local artists, businesses, students, and organizations. This year's "Arts Festival Retrospective" celebrates the great work of past Pawtucket Arts Festival poster artists.

SAM'S MILL FEST is a free outdoor festival of music, artisan enterprise, and industrial history, held at the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution - Old Slater Mill. SAM's features 25 artisan sellers, food trucks and vendors, free admission to Old Slater Mill museum, and live music under a tent by Sax Gordon Beadle, the Bobby Keyes Trio, Western Caravan featuring Dave Hansen, and the Cliff Goodwin Rhythm & Blues Union.